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Spotted outside Porchetta this morning on East Seventh Street … via EVG correspondent Steven…
"The Oracle of the Past, Present and Future" (2015) consists of geometric interlocking parts of steel, wood and glass elements that stands about 12 feet high with a magnificent steel dome and designed for Tompkins Square Park …"
@evgrieve did you see the shrine the rats built? pic.twitter.com/3WKv662lD3
— EdenBrower (@edenbrower) June 5, 2015
A trio of émigrés of the American Deep South, now split between New York and London, Algiers synthesizes its eclectic influences, from Nina Simone and PJ Harvey to Suicide and Public Enemy, into frightening new forms.
Manhattan Borough President Gale A. Brewer and Council Member Rosie Mendez [on Tuesday] celebrated Mayor Bill de Blasio's signature of Int. 222, legislation requiring landlords provide tenants with advance notice for non-emergency repair work that will result in disruptions to building services.
The new law establishes a general baseline of 24 hours’ advance notice for most work. For work affecting elevators, the bill requires 10 business days’ notice for major alteration work and 24 hours’ notice for any other work that will suspend all elevator service for more than two hours.
This legislation, sponsored jointly by Mendez and Brewer, closes a gaping hole in the city’s tenant-protection laws, which previously did not provide no such advance-notice requirements.
“It’s also no secret that no-notice quality-of-life disruptions labeled as ‘maintenance work’ are a frequent harassment tactic to push tenants out of rent-stabilized apartments. The new notice requirements in this law will be easy for honest, everyday landlords and building managers to respect, but they will take another harassment tool away from abusive landlords,” Brewer said.
“This legislation codifies common sense and common courtesy,” Mendez said. “No longer will tenants come home from a hard day’s work to find out that work in their building is interrupting some basic service and/or possibly obstructing access to their apartment. This law requires that landlords notify tenants when such work will affect services and for how long.”
Many landlords and management companies already provide advance notice of planned repairs to tenants – but many others do not. The reasonable notice requirements established by Int. 222 would help tenants plan ahead to minimize the impacts of these service disruptions on their lives, and also help tenants distinguish between disruptions for planned work on the one hand, and emergent service failures or landlord harassment tactics on the other.
The Department of Housing Preservation and Development and the Department of Buildings will be responsible for enforcement and rulemaking in relation to the new law. The law will take effect in the fall of 2015.
When two friends from Buffalo found themselves in Brooklyn without authentic Buffalo wings, they decided to make their own. Using recipes they learned working in Buffalo bars and pizzerias, Dan and John bring Buffalo's legendary flavor to Brooklyn, New York.
"Please keep your cat inside. It has been coming into our backyard harassing and fighting with our two backyard cats and eating all their food. If the cat continues to come here we will have no choice but to call the ASPCA."
New EVR studio number: 347 973-3955 !!
— East Village Radio (@EVRadio) June 3, 2015
New Urban Expressionism is the premiere exhibition at VolaVida Gallery. This two-week show starts on Thursday June 4 and will feature some of the top names in NYC's street art community such as Adam Dare, Hektad, Uncutt Art, XO,RS, Don J, Nicholai Khan, Flood Club, King Amsterdam, Raquel Echanique, Shabaam Sahdeeq, Gazoo to the Moon, Hue, ArtWeAll and Chris Prandy.
VolaVida represents some of NYC's most popular and up-and-coming artists. Our goal is to help artists share their craft without relinquishing their integrity. Through social events and gallery exhibits we intend to create an atmosphere that is welcoming and inspirational to artists and art lovers from all walks of life.
VolaVida Collective is the product of Maurice Whitaker and Laura K. Reich (aka Lulu) partnering with creatives to spread love through art.
Exhibit Hours
Thursday June 4th thru June 17th
Opening Reception June 4th 5pm to 9pm
General Hours: 12pm to 8pm Daily
“We looked at so many spaces that didn’t work for one reason or another,” said co-owner Omer Shorshi.
Shorshi and his partner, Suzanne Levinson, looked at more than 50 locations, mostly in the East Village, but found that spaces similar to their 500-square-foot former home were at least double the $5,000-a-month rent they paid at their 123 Second Ave. location, he said.
The owners ultimately signed a lease at 128 MacDougal St. near Washington Square Park. The new space will be much bigger at about 800 square feet, and will cost about $9,000 a month in rent, Shorshi said.